Prvacki's unbearable lightness of being

LIKE many good abstract paintings, Milenko Prvacki's works are the sort that will reward a patient viewer and frustrate an inattentive one. You need a great deal of time for his paintings because they reveal themselves in small degrees, inch by inch.

Random abstract shapes float across the canvas, sometimes colliding with identifiable forms such as a ship, a table or a postcard. The backgrounds - often rich and watery - provide a delicate and weightless landscape that holds the forms together.

A current solo exhibition at iPreciation gallery features more than 100 creations, ranging from paper works priced at S$2,500 to acrylic paintings priced from S$8,000 to S$40,000. Together, they present the perfect opportunity for one to delve more deeply into the practice of the Cultural Medallion recipient.